Inquisitor D

Anikah bows her head at the sight of the squirming monster. This is a creature that truly would welcome Nagash's mercy. Slaying such a being is certianly not what she envisioned when she left Shyish, but this feels right. She looks to her side, whistling as Ellania calls up wings of light - ready to go and try to slay the beast before the infection spreads. Magic and bladecraft - a combination worthy of the Gravelords. Anikah shares a smile with her aelven fellow blade. "Well then. Should we call this a race?" With a wink, the Vampire vaults over the deck's railing. Before she touches the water, a gigantic bat-creture the size of a man flies up, screeching in glee as it starts to cut through the air, making for the beast on muscle-bound wings. OOC So Anikah just turned into a Fell Bat thanks to her Bestial Form talent. She's now using its stats until she turns back, including its Fly (Fast). Aiming to change back atop the beast and start stabbing it! I'm hoping the beast's big enough she can do this without entering the Abyssal Nightmare AoE, but if not... well, it'll probably take her a sec to get there - we'll cross that when we get to it. Plus, she's got some toughness and is immune to Frightened - she can fight in the hazard if she has to.

Lady Tonight gets the call in the Matrix. She's standing on a virtual boat, surrounded by pillars of light that display moving datafeeds. She's been browsing the CarribNet for interesting stories, flicking through amateur trid recordings for something interesting to work with for her next show. It's not too encouraging. Terrible shots, uninteresting fights, vague objectives. Some days, you just get bad material. You just have to try and make it work. That's when, amidst the field of screens, a bird chirps. It's technically an alarm. A comm message from an unknown sender is... concerning. But Tonight's eyes narrow as she reads it over. A payday is a payday. Even a fraction of fifteen thousand nyuen would be useful. It's why she'd been looking into it as a sideline. She pulls up an image of the dockside. Not the ideal location for a meeting. Lots of spots to hide people, a fair distance to get away. She'd have preferred a nice public spot, hide in the crowd, but odds are good this is an outsider. UCAS folk have all sorts of strange ideas about how shadow business is supposed to work. The second message takes her aback, but only for a second. Tonight's digital self chuckles at the barn owl icon she'd assigned the Tir-born traveller. ["You too, huh Nyx?"] She watches in a side view as her camera drone starts buzzing its way towards the pier, ready for a preliminary scan. ["I'm about to start digging up detail on it. If you know anything, it'd really help. Nothing obvious to go with for now. But I can still make the meat meet after pulling that, and I'll send Badda-Boom ahead. If you're showing in person, least I can do is have your back."] The heavier combat drone starts to whir, slowly following its lighter cousin towards the pier. It'll hang back, not wanting to worry civilian traffic, but it's better to have it at a higher altitude ahead of time than right with her going through the streets. For now, Tonight turns her attention to a search bar. It's a guess, but if we're going to the docks, this is probably water work and the message mentions liberation. Any targets of note going to be on the waves tonight?If I can work out the target, I could maybe backwork to identify potential employers.

Anikah nods to the aelf, her face uncharacteristically dour. "I have to admit. I hoped for more. Dark One's Eyes, a little challenge would be nice. I didn't train for this kind of work." The blade is supposed to be an answer to something greater, a truth of the soul. It's not to be drawn until needed, and to be wielded with intent. She'd dreamed of worthy duels against mighty warriors when the old man first put it into her hand. Using her sword for something as simple as killing rats is... not immoral, it breaks no code, but it rankles at Anikah's heart just the same. She can't help but feel unclean after that. OOC Does 'Win a challenging duel' work as Anikah's first Short Term Goal? Feels like it makes sense and something she could feasibly get.

*waves* Still here. Reading Otherscape! Future City of Mist is weird

Anikah doesn't utter a word as the rats close in. This isn't her first time fighting in the dark, and the rats aren't that quick - she steps from side to side, swinging her blade down around her in wide arcs. This isn't the type of fight she likes. Brutal. Artless. But it's not a challenge. OOC Okay, Anikah's defence is Good, so that attack's going nowhere. Even if they do, she's got Armor 3. The invisibility is a problem but as things stand, landing a hit should be doable, and hitting should be enough. So she's going for Nightrat Swam 1 again, 3+S damage. Yeah, Focus only gets me one success, so less damage. But still hits. Four damage to Swarm 1, punching through that 2 toughness

I think that should be it for gear and stats. I'd like to expand my 'background' section on Tonight, but I'm not sure where best to go with it - the faux article format kinda hemmed me in. If you've got questions, I'm happy to add more detail, answer questions and the like. Otherwise... I guess I'll do a proper write up for the contacts, explain who they are and stuff, then try to think what else I can expand on smoothly.

Oh sure. TBH I was worrying that my concept, both character and lore wise, was kinda redundant... but I finished my sheet, I can finish transcribing it.

Well, better get started. Time to roll stats/take the array! ... EDIT: Yeah, I think that array... seems workable, no? Good enough. Pretty solid! Sheet coming ASAP. Late here EDIT 2: Ah, I mucked up the dice string. Sorry, pulled the wrong one. Attempt 2 should be correct! Rolling now!

"Well. Let's see this done" Anikah seems sombre as the fight begins, bowing her head for a moment of quiet contemplation. But it's just a moment. Once the door slams shut, the Vampire is right at the front of the fight, sword raised high. There's bloody business to be done. OOC Anikah is a simple soul. Go in, stab stab stab. If one of the rats is alone, she'll prioritize them to activate Duellist - otherwise she'll just take whoever. I have two ranks of Focus in WS, and am using a Greatsword. Immense Strikes brings this damage up to 3 + successes. Melee is good - if she can isolate a rat for a 1 vs 1, that rises to Great

That should be right, yes. There is some discussion about Intrinsic powers and costing Mega Attributes despite them normally not costing Quantum to activate, but Absorption's a reflexive 0 cost - bypasses all of that and keeps the activation/commitment low.. (As a note, if you're looking at options to broaden what you can do, I'd highlight Technique as worth a look. It's basically a way to do M&M style power arrays - giving you one power you can use in a bunch of ways, but pulling multiple tricks at once is tough.)

Not the GM, so don't take this as gospel, but trying to read the text... that's right, but there is a drawback to it. Devices hog Quantum. It's unclear if you have to spent quantum on Atunement. The wording of the text seems to imply you do, but the Atunement edge and atunement rules don't specify it... but the crafting rules do say 'to attune to a device, you commit quantum to it', but the costs are similar to the activation costs. In your example, you have to spend three points of quantum to activate the teleportation device, (Points equal to the rank, plus half the number you'd spend for all powers within the device) before you spend 2 quantum to actually teleport with it. The three 'activation Quantum' can't be recovered while you have the Teleport Device active. If attunement does have a cost, it's device rating. So that's another 2 quantum locked up. 5 of your pool is effectively gone so you have access to an extra power... but it's much cheaper to pick up this way than via regular methods, of course. And you can take device flaws to get more ranks of powers in there. (You can probably work stuff like enhancement into this, but that requires the core Trinity rules and... yeah, I can't make hide nor hare of them.

Whoo! Happy to be here! I'm not too worried about Kuroko, but I should flag she may need a second look - my rework of her background added some significant stuff from the first pass. But I agree that our socially awkward side is a fun possibility for this group. ;) With Kuroko, she actually has some social ability - but with her focus on Intimidation, it's very specific and not always useful. Being 'the scary one' isn't exactly something folk are always gonna like. ^^

Party Role: Backup - Tonight's one true specialization is perception - using her camera, she's an expert on searching the area and her Matrix Search skills are similarly on point. Among Shadowrunners, her biggest strength is her versatility - she can't hack as well as a dedicated Decker, but she's no slouch in Cybercombat - taking out IC, bricking devices or using Sprites to get more esoteric goals down. In meatspace, she doesn't have the wide array of tools or direct control a true Rigger has, but she's got a well armored security drone with a big gun on it - it should be enough to provide backup in a firefight. And while she's no conwoman, she's pretty good at more straightforward negotiations. Where the team has a specialist, Tonight can help them shine. Where they don't, or need multiple, she's able to step up. Priorities: B (Attributes) B (Skills) C (Technomancer) D (Metatype) D (Resources) Attributes Body 2 Agility 2 Reaction 3 Strength 1 Charisma 5 Intuition 6 Logic 5 Willpower 5 Special Attributes Edge 2/7 Resonance 6/6 Condition Track 9Phys/11Stun Initiative, Physical 9+1d6 Initiative, Matrix 11+3/4d6 Dodge 9 Armor 12 Skills Compiling 6 12 Computer 6 11 Electronic Warfare 6 11 Software 6 11 Cybercombat 6 11 Gunnery 4 9 Pilot - Aerospace 4 9 Registering 4 10 Performance 2 7 Perception 1 7 Skill Groups Influence (Etiquette, Leadership, Negotiation) 5 Knowledge Skills English Language N Spanish Language 5 11 Creole Language 5 11 Forensics Professional 6 11 Gaming Interest 4 10 News Professional 6 11 Politics* Professional 6 11 *Speciality - Caribbean League Qualities Positive Points Negative Points Profiler 3 Sinner: National (Caribbean League) -5 Analytical Mind 5 Brittle (Sleaze) -5 Candle in the Darkness 5 Distinctive Style -5 Fame: National (Caribbean League) 8 Day Job: Reporter (20 hours) -10 One with the Matrix II 8 Pacifist I -10 Resonance Stream: Mechanist 20 Code of Honour (Seek the Truth) -15 Living Persona Attribute Rating Device Rating 6 Attack 5 Sleaze 5 Data Processing 5 Firewall 5 Noise Reduction 5 Sharing 5 Complex Forms Primed Charge Resonance Spike Resonance Veil LOTO Gear Press Pass 50 (Carrib League) Executive Suite 2000 Lifestyle: Low 2000 One Month Pro Cam (Rating 8) 15300 - Sensor Array (Rating 8) Vision Magnification Radio Signal Scanner Camera (Rating 6), VE - 3, Thermal, Image Link O-D Mic (Rating 6), AE - 3, Spacial Rec, Sound Link O-D Mic (Rating 6), Select Sound Filter (Rating 3) Directional Microphone (Rating 6) Olfactory Scanner MAD Scanner Drones CU^3 Professional 6000 (Camera 3, O-d Mic) - F-B Bumblebee 24,000 (Camera 3, Flare Comp, O-d Mic) 250 Speed Upgrade - 4 6,400 Acceleration Upgrade - 2 1,600 Explosive Rounds - 50 400 Contacts Name Type Connection Loyalty Alison Ingram Mechanic 3 4 Max Okanto (Family) Politican 6 1 Mavis Subota Pirate 2 3 Myzeri Hacker 2 1

Tonight would deny hating any corp. It's unbecoming of a reporter. ^^ She would however point out that Aztlan has taken down a Great Dragon in a fight. If there's someone to be very justifiably concerned about, it's Aztechnology. (Also, they tried to kill her dad once. But lots of people tried to kill her dad. It's his hobby, basically)

There's no list for specializations; they're made up. Keep in mind though, unless I'm missing something, they don't help you with the skill you take them on? They're more 'how does this skill help me do other stuff'? Like, 'Oh, I know all about guns - so I can totally identify this gunshot wound'. That sorta thing As to links, well like you say, there's an 'if this makes sense' quality to it. :) For my part, Tox doesn't fit too neatly with most options for links, but she's been with Utopia for a while now - anyone who has dealings with the project might've run into her already.